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Downtown Boys

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Since this bilingual punk band began blasting out of basements and loft parties in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2011, they have shown little concern for personal safety or noise-induced hearing loss. Downtown Boys’ brash vocalist, Victoria Ruiz, is committed to left-wing causes: she’s worked for the Rhode Island Public Defender’s office, she sings in both English and Spanish “to speak to as many people as possible,” and she titled the band’s début album “Full Communism.” This week, they appear alongside Olivia Neutron-John and Big Huge, for an all-ages show in one of Greenpoint’s best rec houses. (Brooklyn Baazar; Brooklyn Bazaar, 150 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn. Nov. 17.)